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An oil company plans to build a pipeline through an uninhabited, pristine wilderness region. Protesters arrive to stop the pipeline. The oil company has security guards and support from the police and politicians. The protesters have young werewolves among them. But how far are you able - and willing - to rely on being a powerful and next to unkillable monster, when you are not facing Wyrm-corrupted abominations but ordinary people, and other werewolves who disagree with you about methods. | An oil company plans to build a pipeline through an uninhabited, pristine wilderness region. Protesters arrive to stop the pipeline. The oil company has security guards and support from the police and politicians. The protesters have young werewolves among them. But how far are you able - and willing - to rely on being a powerful and next to unkillable monster, when you are not facing Wyrm-corrupted abominations but ordinary people, and other werewolves who disagree with you about methods. | ||
[[File:Moonrise_Woods.jpg |300px|thumb|right|Moonrise Woods]] | [[File:Moonrise_Woods.jpg |300px|thumb|right|Moonrise Woods]] | ||
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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
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Some of the legends involve people from history. In the 1800s, '''Dead Jack the Outlaw''' was active in the region. He was said to suffer from leprosy that had turned his skin dark and deformed, making him wear thick clothes and always wear a red scarf over his face in public, and he got his nickname because what was visible of his skin looked like the skin of a dead man. | Some of the legends involve people from history. In the 1800s, '''Dead Jack the Outlaw''' was active in the region. He was said to suffer from leprosy that had turned his skin dark and deformed, making him wear thick clothes and always wear a red scarf over his face in public, and he got his nickname because what was visible of his skin looked like the skin of a dead man. | ||
− | Dead Jack's legend paints him as a controversial | + | Dead Jack's legend makes paints him as a controversial person. On one hand, he was a stone cold killer. Faster on the draw than eye could follow, he killed several men in duels. And one time, a federal marshal with his posse stopped in Firdale on his way to apprehend the outlaw. When they left town to look for Dead Jack was the last time anyone saw them. None of them ever came back. |
On the other hand, Jack was said to never draw his gun unless he had to. He would saunter into a bank or stop a stagecoach, and unless someone went for his gun, he would just politely ask for people to hand over the money and valuables. And that was another thing about the outlaw. He did not intimidate people. He was always nice and polite. Even a bit of a trickster. There is a story about how he once turned himself in, only to mysteriously disappear from his cell during the night. Another story tells of the outlaw riding along Firdale's main street, throwing money around on his wake. | On the other hand, Jack was said to never draw his gun unless he had to. He would saunter into a bank or stop a stagecoach, and unless someone went for his gun, he would just politely ask for people to hand over the money and valuables. And that was another thing about the outlaw. He did not intimidate people. He was always nice and polite. Even a bit of a trickster. There is a story about how he once turned himself in, only to mysteriously disappear from his cell during the night. Another story tells of the outlaw riding along Firdale's main street, throwing money around on his wake. | ||
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"''I am too old for this shit!''" | "''I am too old for this shit!''" | ||
− | Sheriff Coleman has kept the peace in Firdale for a long time. He is known as a calm and patient person who prefers to handle situations with words, but is capable of manhandling any drunken lumberjack if it comes to that. Now, two years from retirement, the gray haired, pipe smoking | + | Sheriff Coleman has kept the peace in Firdale for a long time. He is known as a calm and patient person who prefers to handle situations with words, but is capable of manhandling any drunken lumberjack if it comes to that. Now, two years from retirement, the gray haired, pipe smoking sheriff finds himself having to deal with the largest protests in his career. |
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===Wiley Griffin, the Prospect Manager=== | ===Wiley Griffin, the Prospect Manager=== | ||
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"''I want these people gone. I do not care what it takes.''" | "''I want these people gone. I do not care what it takes.''" | ||
− | Dark Haired, well dressed and slick, Griffin is an ambitious career climber who, in his mid twenties, has already elbowed his way to a managerial position. He aims to ultimately be in the board of directors, and got himself appointed to manage the pipeline project, seeing it as a stepping stone to further prestigious appointments. In public, he makes an effort to appear reasonable and diplomatic about the protests, but according to the rumors Griffin has a reputation of being absolutely ruthless when dealing with what he sees as obstacles to his ambitions | + | Dark Haired, well dressed and slick, Griffin is an ambitious career climber who , in his mid twenties, has already elbowed his way to a managerial position. He aims to ultimately be in the board of directors, and got himself appointed to manage the pipeline project, seeing it as a stepping stone to further prestigious appointments. In public, he makes an effort to appear reasonable and diplomatic about the protests, but according to the rumors Griffin has a reputation of being absolutely ruthless when dealing with what he sees as obstacles to his ambitions. |
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===The Protest Leaders=== | ===The Protest Leaders=== | ||
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====Denice Rose==== | ====Denice Rose==== | ||
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A black woman in her 30s, Rose has her own YouTube channel and is highly active in social media. She is here to raise awareness. Some people say that she is raising awareness of herself as much as of the protests and the situation. It is true that she seems to enjoy attention, but she also seems genuinely concerned about the pipeline and its impact. | A black woman in her 30s, Rose has her own YouTube channel and is highly active in social media. She is here to raise awareness. Some people say that she is raising awareness of herself as much as of the protests and the situation. It is true that she seems to enjoy attention, but she also seems genuinely concerned about the pipeline and its impact. | ||
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Definitely the most radical of the unofficial leadership of the protests, and the one of them who is a local. It would be a serious understatement to call her a nonconformist. In the overwhelmingly Republican and religious town, she is openly Democrat, openly atheist and openly gay, with a doubled Venus symbol prominently pictured on the back of the vest she wears. Recently graduated from Firdale High School, she looks like a punk rocker with hair dyed electric blue. Destiny is a consternation to her "pillars of the community" parents. Her mother is a doctor and her father a clerk in the town hall. | Definitely the most radical of the unofficial leadership of the protests, and the one of them who is a local. It would be a serious understatement to call her a nonconformist. In the overwhelmingly Republican and religious town, she is openly Democrat, openly atheist and openly gay, with a doubled Venus symbol prominently pictured on the back of the vest she wears. Recently graduated from Firdale High School, she looks like a punk rocker with hair dyed electric blue. Destiny is a consternation to her "pillars of the community" parents. Her mother is a doctor and her father a clerk in the town hall. | ||
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